Vietnamese yellow curry is similar to Thai red and green curry, but instead uses turmeric as its primary flavoring agent.  There are quite a few ingredients involved, but the preparation is actually pretty easy.

Recipe:

Ingredients

• 5 cloves of garlic
• 1 lemon grass stalk
• 1 inch knob of ginger
• 3 tablespoons of curry powder
• 1 tablespoon of fish sauce
• 1 cup of coconut milk
• 1 - 2 cups of water
• 1 medium onion
• 1 lb chicken thigh
• 2 medium white potatoes
• 3 carrots
• salt
  
• fresh pepper
• 1 chili pepper
• olive oil

Prep the marinade:

• crush 2 cloves of garlic
• mince 1 tablespoon of lemon grass (bottom end)
• grate 1 tablespoon of ginger
• 2 tablespoons of curry powder
  
• 1 tablespoon of sugar
• 1 tablespoon of fish sauce
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 lb of chicken
• 1 sliced chili pepper

Preparation:

• Cut carrots and potatoes into bite sized pieces
• Bruise the lemon grass stalk
• Mince 3 tablespoons of garlic
• Cut onions into wedges
  

Stir-Fry

• stir fry the onion wedges
• add 1 tablespoon of curry powder
•  add the minced garlic
• stir fry for 2 minute 
• Add the chicken and stir fry for 2 minutes

Adjust any seasonings accordingly

• too creamy - add water
• too watery - add coconut milk
• not salty enough - add fish sauce
• too salty - add water/coconut milk to dilute
• not sweet enough - add sugar